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Most popular France travel websites - November 6 2010
By PhocusWire | November 9, 2010
Most popular travel websites in France for the week ending November 6 2010.... Read More
Barry Diller: You can't compete head-on with Google
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Barry Diller: You can't compete head-on with Google
By Dennis Schaal | November 9, 2010
Barry Diller, the chairman and CEO of IAC, is largely shuttering the company's Ask.com search engine in frustration.... Read More
Top 50 online travel social media influencers list gets updated daily
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Top 50 online travel social media influencers list gets updated daily
By Dennis Schaal | November 9, 2010
Brilliant Travel Media had a brilliant idea -- tap into a list of the top 50 travel influencers in social media as a way to gain audience for the online travel marketing company.... Read More
What one travel industry figure really thinks about social media
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What one travel industry figure really thinks about social media
By Kevin May | November 9, 2010
A World Travel Market report issued yesterday on social media painted a mixed picture about its apparent use by consumers.... Read More
Priceline provides glimpse into Asia Pacific business
By Dennis Schaal | November 9, 2010
Priceline has been very shy about providing specific numbers on its Asia-Pacific hotel business, but the online travel agency shed its inhibitions yesterday.... Read More
Chaos of 15-hour flight delay caught on camera
By Kevin May | November 9, 2010
When passengers are delayed at an airport there is usually some indication - however small - as to when services will get back to normal.... Read More
Most popular US travel websites - November 6 2010
By PhocusWire | November 9, 2010
Most popular travel websites in the US for the week ending November 6 2010.... Read More
Thomas Cook starts ramping up online travel agency team
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Thomas Cook starts ramping up online travel agency team
By Kevin May | November 9, 2010
Days after disclosing some detail for its ambitious online travel agency, Thomas Cook has confirmed the appointment of the exec charged with spreading the word.... Read More
Harrahs bets on Facebook Deals for location check-in move
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Harrahs bets on Facebook Deals for location check-in move
By Kevin May | November 8, 2010
Facebook Deals, a commercial spin-off of Facebook Places, has secured one of its first travel and tourism partners in the form of Harrah's Hotels.... Read More
Most popular UK travel websites - November 6 2010
By PhocusWire | November 8, 2010
Most popular travel websites in the UK for the week ending November 6 2010.... Read More
HP brands airline reservations system and licenses Pegasus RezView
By Dennis Schaal | November 8, 2010
HP finally took the wraps off the branding of the airline reservations system it is developing, calling it the HP Agilaire Passenger Service Solution.... Read More
Most popular Canada travel websites - November 6 2010
By PhocusWire | November 8, 2010
Most popular travel websites in Canada for the week ending November 6 2010.... Read More
Distribution 2.0 and new Open AXIS transaction reporting tool
By Dennis Schaal | November 8, 2010
With travel industry adoption of Electronic Miscellaneous Documents for the settlement of ancillary services perhaps years away, Open AXIS Group says it is readying the release of a new transaction-reporting tool as a stopgap measure.... Read More
Amadeus to provide competitive intelligence to destinations, hotels
By Dennis Schaal | November 8, 2010
Amadeus has a lot of airline booking data, to say the least, and the company utilizes those numbers in a new product that helps hotels and destination management organizations gauge how they measure up against the local market.... Read More
Stats: How travellers use social media, or not
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Stats: How travellers use social media, or not
By Kevin May | November 8, 2010
Some interesting data - for the pros and antes of social media - from a study carried out by World Travel Market at the launch of its annual exhibition in London this week.... Read More